King of Swing Orchestra - American Swing Night
Enjoy extra-class Swing with the "King of Swing" Orchestra. This video DVD is a live recording of the performance in December 2009 in the Essen Philharmonic, with the following songs::
- Bugle Call Rag
- In The Mood
- I´ve Found A New Baby
- Memories Of You
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Smile Chaplin
- Bei mir bist du schön
- In A Mellow Tone
- Don´t Be That Way
- Roll` Em
- Hello Dolly
- New York, New York
- Mack The Knife
- Sing, Sing, Sing
About the KING OF SWING ORCHESTRA:
Nomen est omen - 15 years ago, the KING OF SWING ORCHESTRA awarded knighthood by Rachel Goodman, the daughter of the "King of Swing" Benny Goodman, for his outstanding interpretations of authentic Goodman Arrangements
"Thank you, for the very fine recording of the music of my father, Benny Goodman."
Frank Sinatra's arranger and conductor, Bill Rogers said after a CD production:
"The King Of Swing Orchestra is outstanding! It was a great pleasure to do the album with this band."
Besides the years of joint cooperation offers the Kings of Swing Orchestra for its excellent and well-known soloists:
ENGELBERT WROBEL (clarinet), CLAUDIO PUNTIN (clarinet), ANNA LARSEN (vocal), TONY DANIELS (vocal), FRANK WELLERT (lead trumpet), MATTHIAS SCHRIEFL (section/soloist trumpet), JÖRG ENGELS (section/soloist trumpet), MARTIN REUTHNER (lead/section/soloist trumpet), FRANK DULISCH (section/soloist trumpet), GÜNTER BOLLMANN (lead/soloist trombone), ANDREAS SCHICKENTANZ (soloist trombone), THOMAS LAUER (trombone), ACHIM HARTMANN (bass), STEFAN PFEIFER (lead sax,), ARMIN TRETTER (alto II sax), FRANK JAKOBI (tenor I sax), ELMAR FREY (tenor II sax), SUSANNE HEITMANN (bariton sax), BERTHOLD MATSCHAT (piano), ROLF MARX (guitar), PETER FLEISCHHAUER (drums)
